Where does “longd” come from?

longd (Faroese) comes from Old Norse lengd, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

longd (Faroese): length; lap; height

Definitions

  1. length; lap; height

Ancestry of “longd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselengd—
2Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langiþō →